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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, JANUARY 9, 190D. Publishers. V. A. TOMPKXXS. - SUBSCRIPTION miCKt .;:'..,- Daiijr Oct gear Fix months Three months ..I Semi-Weekly ob yea Blx months Three months $S-0 4.00 2.00 11.00 to . rCBUSHEKS' ANNOlXltU-M No. 14 South Tryon street. Telephone numbers: Businet. office, Bell phone -t; city editor's office. Bell 'Dhone lt. w editor's office. Bell 'pnone 234. A subscriber if ordering Ihr address tt hi paper chanfed. will please ldi MU the aadremi to which it is " at th Ume he ak lor the change to be made. Advertising- rales are furnished on application Advertisers m fat ur that through the columns ol this paper the)- may reach all Charlotte end a portion of the best people In thla State and utper Soutli l arolina. This paper gives correspondents si Wide latitude s 11 wanks p::MI' Pol icy permits, but It Is in no ae re poMlble for their views 11 U much preferred that correspondents Mgn their names lo their articles, especial ly tn cases when they attack peraona or institutions, though thi u. not de manded. The editor reserves the rtttit to five the names of correspondents when they are demand, -d fr the pur pose of personal su t islactiun. To i e cetve consideration u coniinunh atlun must be sccompanl-d li tie true name of the correspondent. SATURDAY, JAMAHV, , lttOtf. BliACK-IMXT WAYS Ol' TMOK.MT. Did nemo one holler "iiitK'-r '' It Seems to us that wr have hi ur 1 r. .. , f this kind O' l a.-iuiiullj willim icc-nl I Weeks. The- Ku-hmond N . Li-.i'ler must have hard sorn el h nig. I'm. f..r We find it com mi nt in upon tliv ml. JeCt. "We do not aliure the apjirc- eontemporari -.' sas The .B Jail er, "that 'iiolitu jl -quallt nt the ne gro Buch as .Mr. Tuft desire' means the enforcement of sin h n policy by the Federal 'cr, 'which will hue the effect of diMiirturitf seriously thu progress, proNp.-rity and tT.inqull It y Of the South. And for th'- reasun that the South will not submit to ne gro political uallty. She riiitii iilii It and means it. As rr-K.'irilH Hum I aue he 'will continue to pur-ue the policy that h.is brousrlit her .r..L-r. si, prosperity an.l t r.i n'i u I llty. tn the I Of rendoTlng thxe on'lltii.h- it!l the more permanent. That is : !ix-il the laws of th? Mi-dn and the I', r aians, Mr. Taft's desne. z. ,1 for the fifteenth ami ndnient und u - r w c .fi Of that amendment to the Dotwithstan ding. ' "Apprchenio:iH nf .....it., .f South conlrin put .tries' llli, accurately lo. at- th- n. tl' tied. The (lit.-uil'ot.irii s i r 1 1 i n ry ;ir far- ptM'.M.C roe I, - in tion foar u condition which exists 110 w ' .-ro in t)i countr y ami w lileli Is faithest from any Mf.pro.ch to exist ence preclselv whete the IH-fT'i IS IlO'St numerous lie "M trcatim nt for the neirro, pi'lulc.illv and ntliei ie. d..'- not remotely impiy politioal - jim ii t . It does iin.'y that jedith il kii.iv. In eluding the riKht t le. ide how mu. h Or how little KMffrace the n.-Rrii shall have, must for the tjoud of hoth races remain permanently In the white man's hands. cir "far-South con temporaries" tu.iv r.st assure.) that the negro w.:i ..Main less political tatus in their States th.i'i anvuhere lse. The rath, of hla. k population to White ill re tn i . .iisM. r it ion In evirs Slate. Tliroi.glio.it the Country the white man wi . olltl ol .. a he l (let e- I WJil 111. ll li. Il"hs, the neero s-.i fYt 1 . i i controls i er ever the tn . i exist the n. i ri .lie is n th.n ,s th el : ; '., nation to in.; That politl. s held as i! h i.. ' a:ol I'ea o i So.lthel n 1:. : as the So it ! Lessons lui lluenees ton possible h! either by heldinn tl..- i. lnei'ably .o belt will cunt Htical thcut-h Cd lines for a ,t 1.. ,lo. p. p. ' oie to M.:i. ao.rit: th i ' 'd w h :ie t tO . Oil) e, toil ruth that t !,. j we can say with s nip narrowing Id K ;t Which hhape l pr.-.-. nt p ditioils have roreadv pas--' Mr. Taft and his part, w ,n - .1 fr Charleston I.u.ml the .irncr' ) , r , ers North c.ircl.tia arid Moid. ma n i llondav. Jai.i. .". T: I "r e-i . dent-elect ). :.v-r had i ll. Hi- a of not maklno- chHr'ist..n h;s port of departure Charleston Is nearir the isthmus of Panama than any other port on the Atlantic or C ilf casts, the navigation is ey and dire, t, and faculties for the handling of the tug Ships are ample. All this Mr. Taft baa known all along and the various Misrepresentations have bi en quite lost upon him. He knows ulso, pre sumably, that on the day he sails (here will be a rise or tide at ' harl.-n-toaef 6rt feet, ten lm hes, w Inch, a J J ed ta a ship channel of I'T feet at dead low water, will give the North Carolina and the Montana over five feet Of water under their keels. All these statements we make upon the Terr highest authority. They proceed arlginally from an editorial written by Deacon James Calvin Hemphill, of Charleston, who hu Just returned from an ambassadorial mission to .Mr. Taft and kpows everything about sailings Of warships for Panama that is. worth knowing. Kow what on earth does the House vara and means committee mean by substituting oeeret sessions for open In Its tariff deliberations and swearing all members to inviolable secrecy? TV'a tan only guess that the .majority members wished to, escape well-de-aarved " criticism ol themselves and crippfi tae whole tariff diacuaeion. SILVER AND ORIENTAL TR-VIE. In view of not a few people's opin ion that American exports of cotton goods to the -Orient are seriously em barrassed by depreciation In the price of silver, definite reports upon the subject from our consular representa tives In the far Kasi have a value worth considering. These reports, call ed for ly the Slate Department at the re(jue?t of Senator Lodge and made to cover all business relations affected by silver pricea. Indicate that while the commercial difficulties com plained of are real enouKh they pro- e.-.l from the metal's constant fluctua tions In value rather than from the mere fact of Its tendency on the whole toward depreciation. In Japan, where the gold slHndard obtains, there are no unsettled conditions from this lause. but In si!ver-stan4ard China dealings with the great commercial countries hae been Injuriously af fected bj changes In the price of sil ver which make the profit or loss in a transaction largely dependent upon the rate of ex. hange. This enormous ly increases the risks of business, con verting ewry merchant Into a gamb ler and demoralizing trade. A rising tendency, as wouhj naturally he ex pe. ted, slimulates Imports of s.iods, subje.t, however, to tho hindrance whieh the rhron.c stale of fluctuation ex. -Mi Whether tile tendl'tPy tie Up- aid ..r d-jw nw aril. At least such are t!i.- o. u e i . i-s-o-d i,y a majority' of tli "ii- os iei,..rt:iiK irom china, In !'id;ni; cnsoi li.-Meial Ijenhy, at .-'ha i ha i. ): ul la.'e fluctuations in the . ., , i in M il- i in the Shang hai . !.-!i.;t l ilio d hundreds of Chi nese men h ints who had dealings with foreigners, says Mr. Iienl.y. Some few consuls report no observable differ ent in the demand for foreign goods whether the late of exihatige for sil ver l.e high or low. Korea ha', mg pra tn.Civ a gold standard through it us.- ,,f Japaneso riirreruy, cotidt tloiis Hi. O' ure as stathe as could be desired I'M.lll these same sO'l'.es ill J Some, others we tind mm h light tin own up on the caut.es at w.uk in the w.-il 1 villi h ha re.-i-ritlv t.nded to iro dui ii depi i'. ml lo n . ! sh' .r It seems clear that slhi-r pi i '-a ate now vir tually fixed bv c n i.'i "lis in the far KuM, win-re uloie is n- whit" met al userl for pilni.it. ruoney. When an ucli-.e demand J "i . ;i l ':cy arises in India and China the -Jot supply is nucrnented by billing in the mai ki'ts of the wor.d, the .hief market for Interna i ion, 1 1 . it ( h.-'n- Lon don. If il'-innli I is I., k i:i these two courilr:.'.,. it exetls the tioe'se if fi , t upon the supply All.) toe pin e lie. en t ile. iilies are a t trl b i ta hie pi in cipally tu top faitiiie lii Iini.a. by rea son of which the J 1 1 1 1 1 a n government bought pi act 1. a 11 v no silv er for ioin .1.1 in l'jus as .ompai'd with pur-.ha-es to the anioul.l of '., v . M An. Ofl 0 in 1 St 0 7 . and spe olativo sillin In China. India, Its need for currcn. y reduced through u n f or! una t u clrciini shihes. simply suspended col mice; Chinese trail. -.people, finding currency red in lint, sold part of it us the most pro'. 1. 1 ' ip step to be taken. I'lu tuii lions are produced bv this Irregular demand for monetary ure In countries where silv er fn nn the hulk of curren i y. The Mexi' in and Philippine dol lars, redeemable In gold at th" ra tio ,.f two lor one, are at present, aside fiom their redemption value, worth about fortv-seven cents With in recent months the gold value of these coins has been i onsiderahlv low er and considerably higher than tho tigure named, but neither .Mexico nor the islands evpeiieliced flu. tuatillg iui r. -ii. .. oid it ions In eoiiso'iuonce. It K further, a matter of demun st. tho- fact that not w llhsta tiding any theories with h may be held on thu s ib). . ! of silv e r depreciation, the jmr . ha .eg power of Asia has gone on e i.iiiv liici easins;. Jnpan foreign j I t r ; s t nm.. that of tliirtv vears . ,, ... . .i M.(--. inula - live 1101.-1 no.. .,,,,,.., tliiiu.' like three times. Special mli-ht be made of the fact that j liUll ir from cheap silver show ing a i tendency to foster home industries and stimulate expo! is while cutting down on p oils, us It should If the sil ver -d.-pre. iu t ion theory holds good, gold st. .nd, nd Japan is the only Asi t:. , i. nun y tiich bus made any In roads whatever upon Huropean or Ami-man tr.i '.e. And although China's imports of foreign goods have fallen off slichtiv of late, this appears to be due to nothing In the world but a doubling In the prli e of rice. Inev it- ably diminishing tho money which an I iex'remely poor people can pare for , the pun base of foreign crthles. The greatest need of China and the countries which trade with her is I that she adopt either the Mexican or I Philippine gold-standard estem. She ! might with some w isdom follow India ii a gold-standard model; hardly, as yet. Japan. For years she has been promising to reform her currency, but it is to-day in a worse state than ever before, the value of some coins differ ing widely by provinces as wen as in relation to foreign exchange. Ter- ! that it wlil be available to every physi haps the new Chinese government will ! clan and to the simplest laboratory. solve this problem. For the sake of the American cotton Industry and a good many interests besides we hope that the present chaotic currency con ditions will not be tolerated much longer. Those cities and sections which are expecting to do increased business with the coastwise steamship lines after the railroads hsve made their expected raise of freight rates would do well to take notice that the rail roads have called the steamship lines Into conference and are now urging material Increases in all coastwise rate. The Richmond News Deader and The Washington Herald hoot at The Observer's apparent statement that cocktails will be made In North Caro lina na mora. Note the adjective. TRYEVO TO OACSK FIGHT. There g-oea out from Washing-ton a report that, confronted on' one side by popular demand for "tariff revis ion downward and on the other by shrinking- revenues and a growing Treasury deficit, the House ways and means committee has under serious consideration a plan whereby the government's finances would be put upon practically the same basis as during the Spanish war. Hank checks, drafts, mortKages, deeds and tele grams would be among the first sub jects of taxation by stamp. How many believe that the commit tee really contemplates anything of the kind? By affecting many duties which are quite prohibitory, revision downward would at as many points I increase the revenue materially. To re-Impose stamp taxes which have I passed Into history as even more of a j nuisance to business than an expense would be no more wise politically I than governmentally. And, besides, i Messrs. Payne and Dalzell are not the men to enlarge the scope of dl- red taxation at the expense of tariff taxation. The effort to discredit and I defeat genuine tariff reform may end by making Itself ridiculous. TI1K IMtOIW.KM FOK OOXGREH8. Since June 30th lust the Treasury deficit haj been J64.OOO.O00, reve nues running about 124,000,000 less than during the correspond ing period of 1907. The Treas ury's available cash balance Is J169, 000,000. of which twenty millions con sists of small chalice very slightly available for meeting public expendi tures A dellcit for the current half year as nfcat as that for the half year recently ended would bring down the readily available balance to Jsli.OOO, 000. This Is not much more than the Treasury's usual working balance, and vet lh prospect for further deficit, due to decreases In both customs and internal revenue collections, remaln-s a serious factor. Prudence seems to reijnlie that a dellcit nf $ 1 43,000,000 for 1H10 be nntnipatetl, whether II wholly materializes or not. The huge Treasury surplus with which the coun try entered up.ri the period of panic depression cunnut bear shrinkage much longer. Congress will have a revenue problem on Its hands It will more than earn the recently Increas ed salaries of Its members If It reaches a wise solution. The Shakespeare Mmorlal com mittee of llni-'land, appointed some lime h;:o to consider the form of a mem. .I i.il. h is de. ide, 1 w ith practical unanimity lj reiotiim.-nd the estab lishment "f a national theatre, in which Shakespearean pl.ivs will lie pri nte.l at regular intervals aim plays 1 I her di ani.'it is! s ns oc n sioi ma y d l- tat morial for merit. This Is t he lltlest III'- tie who needs no nionu MY HI. (ONM MITIO ( I KK. llHcfllu to He IestrojMl by hu iii1 t.iln Dr. KowntM firli. ' .Icftcr miii .M.-dh-al t'ollege. rind- That t.rriu Koiun- Blood t IimiiiicI- Ixuii; llcforc It Attai V- 1 Issues I o Make Men Immune. Philadelphia. Dispatch to New Y.nk Sun liv official announcement uiii'l" to .1 iv the ; eat et discovery In the war ueam -t consumption slic e the Mud!' of ' ' tul.i-i, ulosis bacillus liy Ki" li w,is m-.i.le lOlb-lC Ti ls Is the discovery of Ir Handle KoMenber ic Ii. fuinotis bloloRtst and holder of Ho- chair of bacl.'i loloey at ,l..fT,-ison Medical College, Ihiil th- tuberculosis term can I readily found In the long b. fi i It reaches th- lungs nun is then In a eondClon which makes it ai!y destroyed by simple tie. urn. -nt and fr.-sh air, and that I! will s..,,n be pos sible to use an antU'Cili htch will stamp the disease out III- Kosenbcrxh hlls tested bis discov ery l.Ild blS III. the. I tip.' II I-"" Clises. in none ..f which was there a faib.ie. lb has made known the lesul! of his ex periments to the College .f I'h -I. la us 'ollege. Sllbje. t land to tin fa. liy of J. n. .son paper ul. on the land his v 1 I.. .....an ..I ool.ll.n- f(i)I) ,,,.(,,,,. ,hat Dr. Rosenbergh. who lB p,,ist in niedleul ethics, will not dis- cuss it ir go Into details of the matter. Heyond the bare eonlHmatlon of the es sential points he hail nothing to sav From other sources, entirely familiar with Pr Hosenhergh's experiments. It was learned thut he had found that the tuberculosis bacilli make their first ap pearance In the blood of the Infected per- ,.n T ii-v i ii noi nrsi p.., ,u wic ! lungs or glands, but Invariably In the , blood To varying degrees of time de , pending upon the condition and suscep- tlhlbty of the affected one. they course about In the circulation before settling ! In tho part that gives them least reslst i nnce While In the blood they may be fnuml by a simple test which lr. Rosen- bergh has discovered. The nature or this test Is still a secret, men tney mj u .eradicated quickly and entirely. Hy this discovery an antl toxin or virus can tie Injected that will render the hu man organism Immune to consumption. Wink upon this virus based on the new phase of the matter. Is now in progress. ' The hope of Its perfection Is not far dls ; tant. It was cautiously said. "If this Is all that is hoped for It,' said Dr I-awrrnre Kllck. president of 1'hllllps Institute fur Consumptives, to-night. "th flght against the great white plague is won." The simplicity of the method Is such Randleman -hair Company Bought by Northern Syndicate. Randleman News. The People's Pavings. Lean and Trust Company, through Mr. George T: Penny closed a deal Tuesday with a Northern syndicate for the valuable property known as the Randleman Chair Company. The people who wlil become Interested In the new organization are well-known business men throughout the country and have ample capital to operate the well equipped plant in a thorough and buslneis-llke manner, i There Is over $ 1 5,000 in the desl and it will mean much to our growing little city. A "Bad Man's" Gratltaao. Columbia, S. C, Record. Out of gratitude to the preacher that converted him. a Peoria man, who. had been, a "cad man. eloped with' the minister's wife, which proves that not all men are ungrateful for a kindness. This man gave splen did proof of tba genuineness of his conversion. THE TROUBLE WITH DEMOCRATS. Hare fallowed" WUl-o'-tbe-WlsD FtB- nllsm, Led by Hrjan, and XSor Away j-toib uw Moorings Back to tba Principles That Endure. -To the Editor of The Observer: We hear a good deal thesa day of the organisation of Taft clubs in the South. There is no need of hur riedly rushing- Into the Republican party. I do not think it is Mr. Taft's wish that the South should be made solidly Republican, any more than solidly Democratic, but ; I think hie wish is to see more independence In the politics of the South. It Is a deploraole fact that the South has blindly followed the so-called Demo cratic party against her Interests. I do not believe there is any fault to find with Democracy, but I do not regard the platform of 186, 100 or 1908 as Democratic more popullstlc than Democratic. There is no rea son to repudiate Democracy but more reason to restore the Democracy of our fathers. Unless the South re pudiates the kind of Democracy Bryanism so-called Democracy, and the leaders of the present day, we need never hope to win again. Mr. Bryan Is eloquent, gifted, tire less, kul he is not a statesman. The two qualifications are seldom com bined in the same personality In their highest form. As a lieutenant the Nebraskan would be valuable, as a leader he Is Impossible a veteran In politics, he never won a Battle. At no time since the departure from the standard set by Cleveland has It been possible to elect a Democratic President. Sensible, sound ami gen uine Democrats have not expected anything but defeat and ruin for this so-called Democracy, because It repu diated the time-honored principles that have weathered many a storm and won many glorious victories. TJie Populism Bryan Injected Into the party would have defeated any party. The Americans are not easily fooled in what fonstitutea real Democracy. They know It when they see It, but lor twelve years the party has been worshiping false gods, pursuing a wlll-o'-the wisp chase, (lining with the people, and at no time standing the shadow of a chance to get back Into power. The party has for twelve years been losing ground, hav ing lost many Northern Democratic States It has been a negative party for these many years, 'agin" the government has been Its policy. The people admire an aggressive, virile party, standing for a sound business policy and not clap-trap principles to catch the voters. The party has sur rendered Its principles for the sake of expediency, thereby forfeiting the confidence of thy people Kree silver, ownership of railroads 'advocated by Bryan, but never In corporated Into Hie party platform) the Injunction plank to please union labor, written by (Jumpers, and one Ism after another tho wonder la that the party has not gone to pieces long ago with such principles and lenders. The thing now to do is to repudiate Hryanlsm, which Is Popu lism; return to its old moorings and principles as enunciated by Jefferson, Jackson, Tilden, Cleveland and Harn ilton Iiemoenoy of this kind will .lve )on after the l'.iyans ure for- gotten, v.111 riiduro so long as the world stun. Is. J M. CONN'IIR. Cfrcrnvv nod. ,S. (' , Jan. tith, 1909. M:ri it iti or cross cukkk. Another l-.'t Idriiec That .Vortli Caro lina Is still Supreme In Near-I'oetry Kealui Acid to tlio Vell-Knmn i-l'igun. "And Nearest. PiiriiassiLs." T. i Kdltor ,,f The nhserver: N ..Mi Carolina is still supreme In the i "i . I nesr-poeti y. und the slogan si. 1 i l.i changed to read. "First at H. ' 1 farthest at Gettysburg, lust at Aj poinn'tox mid nearest to I'tirnassus 1 I ie .in anonymous fi iend. who pre-f.-is io tn-comi- known only a.- "the Neur- IJ.ii.; if Cross Cieek." who lias taken up the . ii i,'i-l.s. or lo he more exact, the lyre, in o.-fense of his native State ngntnst the etin ks of envious critics on the north and n.aiUi My anonymous friend is not jruiooH of Andrew Jaickson .Andrews or an v ulh. r of the old offenders, in fact, j 'i.i pi.stiy udnures tlie sweeping melody I of the Cappahoobio hard and the fine 'moral lone of his verse, lie merely de slies to maintain tl " supremacy of Tar ; 11. -el s.uur and to show, not mi a spirit of rivalry but only lo k.-. p ,is-,ry straight. ,,,ul V!n:l as : o ni"i..l...y on the !.. r. f.-: on I ading Mon- 'n.-hle soti.- da y'.s t 't .smote it rv.-r I his lyre and "Curolina had a son. Ills name vvnc Rob. rt Olenn; And everywhere lht-- voled "dry" That son had surely been." Then be gave vent to the following: Old Ilick'-rv known to fame; "The North .-'Lite bad a staiwart son, Hut everv wt.ei e that invy grows They claim his noblu name." Illslng tn a sublime height he sings Vir ginia s i-ralse- "Vlicinin had another son, V uli long and powdered hair; And when the British went to sleep He crossed the Iie'.aware." Turning from the subject of "nobis sons'' he tunes Ids lyre In a less exalted key and begins; ' i"t!.l John D. Is a mercenary soul. And a mercenary soul Is he. Me made on his oil. And tie made on his cash. And on his autobiography." "And now," he snid, "here Is something slightly different;" " 'Vhat's in a name' the poet cried. 'Twas In Old Virginia, so we read. Andrew Jackson Andrews was first espied. O, what's In a name, indeed?" And again are we not "there with the roods'" ALFRED M. MYROTER. Fayettevllle, N. C. A Kmiarkabke Cucumber. Greenville Reflector. Saturday, Mr. J. A. Tyson, of this township, brought a large cucumber to The Reflector office that was pulled from a vine In his garden the latter part of August, and was put away to dry for seed. At the time It was pulled the cucumber was yellow, but after it was put away it turned green again, and grew about one-third lar ger than 4t was when pulled off the vine. This is no "fish story, either; as Mr. Tyson says he haa plenty of witnesses to prove It by. Killed a Yellow Rabbit Monroe Enquirer. M. D. Klxer, a colored man living in Vance township, killed a yellow rabbit a few day ago. The hide, which Klzea sent to The Enquirer office as "an evidence -of good faith," looks more like the hide of a yellow cat than that of a "molly cottontail." But tt Is a rabbit's skin all right, for there are the long ear and abbreviat ed tail bearing dumb but convincing testimony that KJser ta not trying to play the part of a nature fakir. DO.VT GET A IMYOUCE. v A Western Judge granted a divorce aa account ef Hi-temper sad bad ' breath. Dr. King's New Ufa Pitta would - have prevents tt. They ears Constlpatioa, causing bad breath and Unr Trouble the 01 -temper, dispel ooida. banish beaaV echea. eonaaer ehuia fie., at W. i tiaad ft Ca. . KEXETAOTION S OF 110. Over $4,000 00O Given to Charitable -Ta gaac,ttonij ajnuti pi lata. Chicago Tribune. , ' The figures of th year's benefac tions run lata the millions. , Mora than 0 of these millions, either by grift or bequest,' imva been devoted to the betterment of men and women and children during; 1908( In round numbers, the collbgee and education al Institutions have received $40,000, 000: charitable enterprise of all kind another $40,000,000; religious organizations (regular contribution not Included), 15,000,000; museum, are galleries, and municipal Improve ments, 6,000,000, and libraries about 11.000,000. In the latter direction the amount shows as a decided fall ing off over previous years. This, of course, is due to Mr. Carnegie's change in his library policy. He has planted library buildings all over the country and put in conditional leases under them until there la no further need of his help, but In all other directions the stream of phi lanthropy runs bank full In all its old channels. In this connection Andrew Carne gie. John D. Rockefeller, and Mrs. Russell Sage, as usual, head the list of the philanthropists. Mr. Carne gie has given away $S,42S,f60, and there is an implied promise on hla part also that an additional $10,000, 000 will be forthcoming ere long for the benefit of the Carnegie Technical School endowment. Mr. Rockefeller's gifts arripunt to $3,934,000, and might have been much larger had it not been a hard, uncertain year for the Standard Oil benefactor and bene ficiary. Mrs. Russell Sage has given away $1,242,700 of the accumulations which her late husband so wisely left to hor philanthropic disposition. So. thinking these thlnss over, "be hold how a eood deed shines In a ' naughty world," and reflect "This world's not half so bad a world as some would like to make It." PA1US MYTHS KXPIODED. An American Klbowod Into Gutter by "Polttewt People on tarth." Collier's Weeklv. Tradition declares the French to be the most polite people in the world. They're not. Individually the French man may he courteous. Collectively he lacks the essential element of rourtesy, regard for the feelings of others. Charming In private. In public he Is an Individualist to the verge of savagery. In the theatre he is a nuisance, on the street he Is a boor, traveling he Is there Is no other word adequate to the occasion a hog. You discover this on the occasion of your first promenude In 1'arls. My first day on the boulevards of Paris was spent mainly In the gutter, my second in apologizing to people who were urging me thither. My third I devoted to doing some hutting myself. M - fourth, fifth and sixth I nursed lame shoulders. Now I have a hardened spot in my soul and two more on the front of my collarbone, and I can look straight and unnuavering Into the eyes of an elderly French lady with long gray whiskers and convince her that she doesn't want more than two-thirds of tho sidewalk, and that if she does want it she doesn't i;t It. This sounds ungentlemanly, hut It's necessary. For If you let yourself got shunted Into the street often enough It's only a question of time when a watchful taxi auto will get you. Toe Not Excluded. New York Tribune. In connection with the celebration of the Poo centenary and the appar ently irrepressible chatter which some who have escaped the Fool Killer persist in raising about that writer's alleged "exclusion" from the Hall of Fame, It may be pertinent to re mark that Poe Is not and has never been excluded from the Hall of Fame, and that not a single vote has been cast against the Inclusion of his name In that national memorial. The on ly reason why his name has not been placed there is that a majority of the most competent and Judicious liv ing authorities have thus far failed to select him for that honor. Probably at the next election he will receive a majority of votes. If so, the custo dlans and trustees of the Hall of Fame will doubtless welcome his name to a place upon the walls of that tern pie. An Old Account Book. Statesvillo Landmark. Mr. V. L. Stewart. of riarinm Springs, was In town Wednesday anil had with him an old account book ll,at is of interest It was the prop erty of riark & Powell, the original owners of the present Monbo Cotton Mills .The book was used In 1863 for keeping accounts. Items on it showing the prevailing prices of sugar, bacon, cotton and other staples at that time. arevof Interest. Of special Interest was a receipt for freight on 0 bales of cotton shipped by David Melvean, of Salisbury, to the Granite Phoals. which was the name of the mill then. The cotton weighed 7,353 pounds anu, the freight charge was 2t0. The letter in whlrh the re- reipt was sent had a ten cent postage stamp on it, and was dated April 2Sth, 1S64. w York's Typlwid Germ Testa. New York Tribune. In a short time the bacteriological laboratory of the department of wa ter supply, gas and electricity, will have'an equipment which will enable Dr. Ii. D. Jackson or his assistant. Thomas Mella, to make tests of the city's water every two days for ty phoid germs. The analysis of the city water has hitherto been chem ical, which would show contamination but not the nature of It. After pro tracted experimentation. Dr. Jackson and Mr. Mella have perfected a meth od of separating Injurious germs from the water for the first time In a prac tical way in the history of bacteriolo gical research. Dr. Jackson regards this of as much importance, but In a different way, as his discovery of the fly as a dangerous disease carrier. Victim of Toy Gun Sleroe In Country Churcnyaro. Special to The Observer. Durham, Jan. 7. The funeral serv ices over the remains of Arthur Clem ent, who died from Injuries received with a toy gun. were held yesterday afternoon from a country church, sev eral miles from town. The little fel low lived five days after the awful wounds were Inflicted, and it was al most miraculous that he survived the shock. He waa 14 years old. Greensboro Socialists Busy. Greensboro Telegram, tth. i- The Socialists of the city announce a mass meeting for to-night at 7:M o'clock at Xeeae's Hall ta discuss the Socialist mnnioipal . platform for Greene bora. The Socialist propa ganda Is conducted juite aggressively here, literature being circulated ex tensively and no UUie personal work dona. i . Tt Would. Durham Herald. f-- - It wosld be a mean trick If the Raleigh blind tigers should refuse to da business with, members tf the Leg tM M 'i. - - r you - 4 1 ' " I v ;c, I7 ml WHY WE QOS ci I- 01 MONDAY? We arc not in business to play pranks like a lot' of silly, heedless children, no, no that is far from the point. Orj Tuesday, January 12th, we will welcome al most this entire city and vicinity to the Opening of the Loekhart M ill-End Sale. (No one can measure the, crowds that will be here. The coming of this freat world-famed sale does not teach any one how to raise chickens or a vege table garden, but it does give the most profound in-' structions in economy pos sible to obtain. On Tuesday our store will remind you of a great store house filled with treasures. While closed Monday everything will be changed, and the store will be gorgeously decorated with Yellow Fish Tails, Yellow Bannerettes, Yellow Tickets and Booths of new Mill-End goods will greet you at every counter, until you will pinch yourself to be sure you're not dreaming, or hypnotized, or being led by your subconscious mind through a zone of the rarest colors, lights and changes. This announcement is like the first course at dinner, a mere cup of broth, but to-morrow's adver-, tisementwill be more like a substantial farmer's dinner table, loaded to the very outer edge withthe best of everything. Oh! how we will tempt the dry goods appetites in this community, for the next 10 days. 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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